Sir William Christie MBE JP DL (1 June 1913 – 10 August 2008) was an Ulster Unionist politician who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast.
His time in office coincided with the suspension of the Parliament of Northern Ireland, and he was therefore the first Lord Mayor since John White in 1920 not to serve as an ex officio member of the Senate.
[3] In the 1973 elections to Belfast City Council Christie stood in the north-west Belfast 'E' division (equivalent to the current wards of Legoniel, Ballysillan, Ardoyne, Woodvale, Forthriver and Ballygomartin), which elected 6 councillors.
He was the only UUP candidate to stand in E and gained 7,875 votes, which equated to 2.8 times the electoral quota.
Amongst two UUP councillors elected to replace him was future Lord Mayor Billy Bell.